Abstract
The optimization of spatial network connections for tourism efficiency is a prerequisite for the high-quality development of the tourism economy. There is limited understanding, however, of the evolution characteristics of the spatial network structure of tourism efficiency in the extant literature. In this study, super data envelopment analysis (DEA) and social network analysis (SNA) were employed to explore the evolution characteristics of the spatial network structure of tourism efficiency in China at the provincial level from the years 2011– to 2016. The results show that overall tourism efficiency in China exhibited a slight decline. The order of the spatial distribution features by region was eastern, central, northeastern and western. This study demonstrates that the network density of tourism efficiency decreased during the sample period . Additionally, the results indicate that there was a rigid network hierarchy structure, and the core-periphery structure of the tourism efficiency network exhibited clusters. • The network structure of tourism efficiency has become loosely linked in China. • Province-level tourism efficiency in China shows the ‘core-edge’ structure. • Tourism cooperation mechanism should be promoted and strengthened in China.
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